Actors’ Satisfaction with Poultry Value Chain Approach of the Commercial Agricultural Development Project in Enugu State, Nigeria

Many observers believe that the on-going liberalization of the world will have dramatic negative effects on small farmers in both developed and developing countries. This study aims to capture the effects of the presence of foreign migrant farmers on small scale farming systems, which are prevalent in Nigeria. The Agricultural Development Project Zone D in which the white farmers settled in the state of Kwara, was used as a case study. Primary data were collected from white farmers as well as from local farmers regarding their situation before and after the arrival of white farmers. Descriptive statistics and analysis of the farm budget were used in evaluating the data. The majority of local farmers (98.63%) transitioned towards sole cropping since the arrival of white farmers in the area. There were significant increases in seed rate, fertilizer and other chemicals, as well as labor inputs per farmer in the area when compared to the situation that was prevalent before the white farmers settled there. Their average farm size, distances between their houses and farms and tractor use reduced significantly, while output per farm size increased considerably since the arrival of white farmers in the area. In order to provide sustainability of the positive development, there is the need to seek a policy option that will calm local farmers who once in a while exhibit signs of dissatisfaction for the way in which white farmers came to settle on their land. These could be achieved through the use of the participatory approach to agricultural development in the area. This approach could also be relevant in other regions of the world with similar situations.

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Testing for equality of means with equal and unequal variances

Scientia Africana ◽

10.4314/sa.v20i2.5 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 51-60

Author(s):

A.O. Abidoye ◽

W.A. Lamidi ◽

M.O. Alabi ◽

J. Popoola

Keyword(s):

Agricultural Development ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Development Project ◽

T Test ◽

Harmonic Mean ◽

Test Statistics ◽

Test Statistic ◽

Unequal Variances ◽

Equality Of Means ◽

Pooled Sample

In this paper, we are interested in comparing the conventional t –test with the proposed t – test for testing equality of means with unequal and equal variances. Here, we proposed harmonic mean of variances as an alternative to the pooled sample variance when there is heterogeneity of variances. Two sets of secondary data were obtained from Agricultural Development Project (KWADP) and the Ministry of Agriculture in Ilorin, Kwara State to demonstrate the two test statistics used and the results show that the proposed t – test statistic is found to be appropriate than the conventional t – test statistic when we have unequal variances but the conventional t – test perform better when we have equal variances.

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Food for All in Africa

10.7591/cornell/9781501743887.001.0001 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Gordon Conway ◽

Ousmane Badiane ◽

Katrin Glatzel

Keyword(s):

Value Chain ◽

Agricultural Development ◽

New Technologies ◽

Natural Capital ◽

Smallholder Farmers ◽

Sustainable Intensification ◽

Rural Poor ◽

Agricultural Policies ◽

Agriculture Sector ◽

Agricultural Transformation

Africa requires a new agricultural transformation that is appropriate for Africa, that recognizes the continent's diverse environments and climates, and that takes into account its histories and cultures while benefiting rural smallholder farmers and their families. This book describes the key challenges faced by Africa's smallholder farmers and presents the concepts and practices of sustainable intensification as opportunities to sustainably transform Africa's agriculture sector and the livelihoods of millions of smallholders. The way forward, the book indicates, will be an agriculture sector deeply rooted within sustainable intensification: producing more with less, using fertilizers and pesticides more prudently, adapting to climate change, improving natural capital, adopting new technologies, and building resilience at every stage of the agriculture value chain. This book envisions a virtuous circle generated through agricultural development rooted in sustainable intensification that results in greater yields, healthier diets, improved livelihoods for farmers, and sustainable economic opportunities for the rural poor that in turn generate further investment. It describes the benefits of digital technologies for farmers and the challenges of transforming African agricultural policies and creating effective and inspiring leadership. The book demonstrates why we should take on the challenge and provides ideas and methods through which it can be met.

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Factors affecting performance of Facilitators in the Fadama 111 Development Project in Enugu State, Nigeria

Journal of Agricultural Extension ◽

10.4314/jae.v18i2.7 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 57

Author(s):

MU Dimelu ◽

AI Emodi ◽

CA Okeke

Keyword(s):

Development Project ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Enugu State ◽

Factors Affecting Performance

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E-Business Planning and Analysis Framework

Encyclopedia of E-Commerce, E-Government, and Mobile Commerce ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-799-7.ch044 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 264-271

Author(s):

Ben Clegg ◽

Boon Tan

Keyword(s):

Balanced Scorecard ◽

Value Chain ◽

Quality Function Deployment ◽

Online Community ◽

Development Project ◽

Business Planning ◽

Analysis Framework ◽

Value Chain Analysis ◽

The Balanced Scorecard

This article reports on a framework that has been successfully used to analyze the e-business capabilities of an organization with a view to developing their e-capability maturity levels. This should be the first stage of any systems development project. The framework has been used widely within start-up companies and well-established companies both large and small; it has been deployed in the service and manufacturing sectors. It has been applied by practitioners and consultants to help improve e-business capability levels, and by academics for teaching and research purposes at graduate and undergraduate levels. This article will provide an account of the unique e-business planning and analysis framework (E-PAF) and demonstrate how it works via an abridged version of a case study (selected from hundreds that have been produced). This will include a brief account of the three techniques that are integrated to form the analysis framework: quality function deployment (QFD) (Akao, 1972), the balanced scorecard (BSC) (Kaplan & Norton, 1992), and value chain analysis (VCA) (Porter, 1985). The case study extract is based on an online community and dating agency service identified as VirtualCom which has been produced through a consulting assignment with the founding directors of that company and has not been published previously. It has been chosen because it gives a concise, comprehensive example from an industry that is relatively easy to relate to.

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Supermarket-Led Development and the Neglect of Traditional Food Value Chains: Reflections on Indonesia’s Agri-Food System Transformation

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11020498 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 498 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Thomas Vetter ◽

Marianne Nylandsted Larsen ◽

Thilde Bech Bruun

Keyword(s):

Value Chain ◽

Food Systems ◽

Agricultural Development ◽

Food System ◽

Rapid Expansion ◽

Value Chains ◽

Traditional Food ◽

System Transformation ◽

Food Retail ◽

Food Value

The rapid expansion of modern food retail encapsulated in the so-called ‘supermarket revolution’ is often portrayed as a pivotal driving force in the modernization of agri-food systems in the Global South. Based on fieldwork conducted on horticulture value chains in West Java and South Sulawesi, this paper explores this phenomenon and the concerted efforts that government and corporate actors undertake with regard to agri-food value chain interventions and market modernization in Indonesia. The paper argues that after more than 15 years of ‘supermarket revolution’ in Indonesia, traditional food retail appears not to be in complete demise, but rather adaptive and resilient to its modern competitors. The analysis of local manifestations of supermarket-led agricultural development suggests that traditional markets can offer certain advantages for farmers over supermarket-driven value chains. The paper further identifies and discusses two areas that have so far been neglected by research and policymaking and which warrant further investigation: (i) the simultaneous transformations in traditional food value chains and their relation to modern markets, and (ii) the social and environmental performances of modern vis-à-vis traditional food value chains.

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